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Cellulose (en)
Table 3.1
Pronunciation
Subdomain (1st level):  Raw materials
Subdomain (2nd level):  Pulp
Grammatical category:  Simple term
Grammar notes:  Uncountable
Definition:  Fibrous material extracted from wood in order to obtain pulp.
Definition source:  Brewer (2003)
Context:  Cellulose can be found in all plants, and is important in papermaking because of its ability to create a sticky mesh on contact with water, which then forms the basis of the sheet of paper.
Context source:  EN 6
Attestation:  2
Contained in:  Wood
Related terms:  Lignin, Hemicellulose
It:  Cellulosa (1)
Degree of reliability IT:  3
Fr:  Cellulose
Degree of reliability FR:  3